Manto is an architectural continuum that redefines community and well-being through a fluid interplay of geometry, nature, and inhabitation. Conceived by Felipe Escudero, Manto is a 70-unit residential ensemble in which cubic forms ripple across the site like a woven fabric, articulating a diverse sequence of open, semi-open, and outdoor spaces that blur the boundaries between interior and exterior.

Rather than stacking apartments as isolated cells, the design treats the building mass as a continuum — a sculptural sequence of shifting volumes that embrace light, landscape, and movement. Each apartment unfolds through layered terraces, landscaped voids, and cascading platforms, establishing an intimate dialogue between living spaces and the sky, trees, and breeze beyond. Here, architecture becomes an inhabitable ecosystem where spatial diversity nurtures health, sociability, and sensory delight.

Materials are carefully choreographed to resonate with context and climate: tactile concrete weaves with warm timber accents, glass dissolves thresholds to terraces and gardens, and vegetated surfaces knit the built fabric back into the landscape. Outdoor living becomes intrinsic to daily life — shaded courtyards, elevated greenways, and retreating balconies foster connection, rest, and active engagement with nature.

Manto defines wellness as a spatial condition — one where light, air, materiality, and movement converge to elevate everyday living. Every threshold, outlook, and shared environment reflects a commitment to experiential richness, ecological sensitivity, and the poetic interplay between people and place.

Type: Residential / Multi-Family Housing
Location: Cumbayá, Ecuador
Client: Private
Completion Year: 2027
Area: 70,000 m²